All eyes were on California and Texas, the two states with the most delegates up for grabs. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) came out victorious in California, where 415 delegates were up for the taking. Former Vice President Joe Biden, however, took the Long Star State after a neck and neck race with the self-described "democratic socialist" from Vermont.
with 56% of the vote in from Texas, Sanders and Biden are tied at 28.6%
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 4, 2020
The Biden lead in Texas just keeps ticking up with every vote dump. Now he's hitting 31%. Sanders has 27% and Bloomberg is now 18%.
— Abby Livingston (@TexasTribAbby) March 4, 2020
450 votes separating Joe Biden from Bernie Sanders right now in Texas per @SteveKornacki
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) March 4, 2020
Biden now leading Sanders in Texas with 214 of 254 reporting, 84%:
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 4, 2020
Biden: 214,468 - 30.47%
Sanders: 192,646 - 27.37%https://t.co/WArsPeVfiK
#Texas Results (58% In)
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) March 4, 2020
Biden 29.1% ??
Sanders 28.7%
Bloomberg 17.1%
Warren 11.9%
NBC
Decision Desk HQ projects @JoeBiden Wins The Texas Democratic Presidential Primary pic.twitter.com/ywcVabYsWV
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) March 4, 2020
Even though polls had closed hours before, people on Twitter were encouraging Democratic voters to stand in line and cast their vote.
CALIFORNIA and TEXAS!!
— Shaun King (@shaunking) March 4, 2020
Stay in line! Even if the networks call the race for Bernie.
WE NEED ALL OF YOUR VOTES! pic.twitter.com/nyj1j2qqrg
Stay in line. California and Texas. Every vote counts in delegate game - not winner take all.
— John Cusack (@johncusack) March 4, 2020
Stay strong stay in line ,
IF YOU ARE IN LINE TO VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS IN TEXAS, DON’T LEAVE. WE ONLY HAVE A .3% LEAD AT THE MOMENT #Bernie2020 https://t.co/LI15rGXNdT
— Alexis Isabel (@lexi4prez) March 4, 2020
Voters wait in line into the night in Houston to cast their vote in the 2020 primary. When one voter was asked why she waited so long, she replied, "I can remember when I did not have the right to vote."
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 4, 2020
Follow Texas results here: https://t.co/QKlOCsDB8E pic.twitter.com/ryqRCfr2US
I just got to the polling place at Texas Southern University. There are at least 100 people still waiting to vote. It's 11:15pm. #TXDecides @HoustonPubMedia pic.twitter.com/scQjbC26mv
— Jen Rice (@jen_rice_) March 4, 2020
Also: calling states early made people leave lines early in California and Texas where lines where very long, especially on college campuses and in communities of color. Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) March 4, 2020